Comparison of growth models to describe growth from birth to 6 years in a Beninese cohort of children with repeated measurements.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To select a growth model that best describes individual growth trajectories of children and to present some growth characteristics of this population.

Settings

Participants were selected from a prospective cohort conducted in three health centres (Allada, Sekou and Attogon) in a semirural region of Benin, sub-Saharan Africa.

Participants

Children aged 0 to 6 years were recruited in a cohort study with at least two valid height and weight measurements included (n=961).

Primary and secondary outcome measures

This study compared the goodness-of-fit of three structural growth models (Jenss-Bayley, Reed and a newly adapted version of the Gompertz growth model) on longitudinal weight and height growth data of boys and girls. The goodness-of-fit of the model

SUBMITTER: Ahmadi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7511607 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature